Michigan football is my passion. So when this came up in my feed, I saved it and then I watched it. Excellent video. Very thorough. I had no idea that Yost had coached at so many places. Seems success on the field followed him wherever he went.... GO BLUE!
I’m watching it because I have been saying for years that Fielding Yost and Michigan taught the country how to [play football. They went for a decade not only unbeaten but scoring at least a point a minute during that decade.
Not that it changes the story much, but the picture you posted about the Michigan Hockey rink was of the current one that is Yost Ice Area, which was Yost Field House you mentioned up until 1973. Fielding Yost was the AD when the Coliseum was built in 1920 and had artificial ice installed in 1925- this was the home for the hockey team 1920-1973. (as a side note, Yost Ice Arena is the 2nd oldest building used for college hockey- which is Northeastern's Matthews Arena, which has hosted college hockey since 1910) Great video.
@@johnandmarylouwilde7882 Sorry- had to be autocorrect on my phone. edit- no- I think that was the algorithm- since "Fielding" is listed later in the post. AI isn't that intelligent, apparently.
Great research and storytelling, but more impressive is the pacing. Made it more enjoyable to watch. You packed a whole lot into the production and had a lot of images and of film. Kudos to the writers and editors.
For as much love as Bo gets, I'm shocked he never brought home a championship. Harbaugh and carr will hopefully be remembered with such reverence someday
This isn’t a bad thing but bo cared too much for beating osu where they didn’t give a crap what happened after that game Where harbaugh this past season knew they were better than osu so they just needed to get through and it they wanted to win it all
What a fantastic video, I grew up a massive Michigan fan so I’ve done some research myself on Yost and his accomplishments but you’ve given me stories I’d never heard before, always fun to hear about the beginnings of your favorite program and how they got to where they are now. Yost will forever be in Michigan football history books as will his teams.
Thanks! The biography I referenced at the end of the video about him as a lot of great information in it. You can find it online but I also have a link for it.
And even though a lot of teams claimed titles back then, the way they beat teams those four years proved in my opinion that they deserved those titles.
@@deezybalboa6625 yes! It was his first year at Michigan. He almost did it again a few years later and on the last game of the season Chicago scored 2 points on them...
Fielding H.Yost: - Most shutouts in a career. - tied with Saban with most National Championships at 1 school :6 - 10 Big Ten championships ( Saban in 5 years in Big 10 had zero .Saban also had a losing record vs. legendary Michigan coach Lloyd Carr while Saban was at Michigan State U during his Big 10 years) - Yost had a whopping 56 consecutive game unbeaten streak, the longest vs.competition that did not include any high school competition. ( 2nd longest to the 57 streak by Washington that did include high schools) . - Yost's prolific' Point a Minute' Offensive Jaugernauts led to UM having the highest " Delta" ; the gap between points scored vs points given up. - Even his Special Teams were excellent; so much so that he wrote a book on it and was the 1st coach to comprehend and implement punting as an actual offensive strategy to gain ultimate superior field position. - He invented the position of middle LB , the current 1 man in motion before the center hike, the no huddle offense , and was a pioneer in the forward pass. - Yost was a wealthy lawyer business person , and author. He was also a devout Christian. He did not smoke or take drugs . He was NOT a bigot. In fact, he was ahead of the rest of America on the race issue in many ways - contrary to the (Un) " woke" lies of jealous and unscholarly critics. Proof: One time ,in a NORTHERN hotel where Michigan players were staying overnight ,the hotel manager and the owner refused to let a black player- common in those pre Jackie Robinson/ Branch Rickey days- stay in the hotel! When Yost found out about his distraught minority player being refused , the immortal coach went ballistic. He threatened to not only pull his entire team from that racist hotel but vowed to both never give that establishment future business and UM patronage ever again, AND he threatened to go public against the hotel's segragationist policy! The hotel suddenly relented! The black player stayed! Yost also publicly denied the evil ,jealous slander and libel that Notre Dame charged when they alleged he was an " anti Catholic " ( Yost had a winning record vs Notre Dame and led the way to repeatedly reject ND 's applications to join the Big 10 because ND A ) lacked the high academic standards of Big 10 universities and B) " Tarnished " ND then as now, had a history of cheating scandals. There is ZERO proof he was ever anti Catholic, and not only wrote on paper it was a lie, but also sent each Big 10 university a letter outing ND for its libel and slander! Indeed, in his Michigan career,Michigan's Yost had a whopping 10 ( ten!) team captains who were ....Roman Catholic. It's also no accident that at a time when the ivy and other elite Eastern schools were rabidly Anti-Semetic in their Admissions policies,Michigan and Fielding H.Yost welcomed Jews with open arms. Some of the greatest Jewish sports stars in US history, played for him, including the great UM All American QB and future NFL Hall of Fame passer Benny Friedman. -Fielding Yost was instrumental in saving college football. There were injuries maiming and killing players back in the old days as this video presentation points out . Yost was the coach who testified before Congress and declared the now accepted phrase that: " Football builds Character". - Yost won the very first college post regular season game in any sport,the 1902 Rose Bowlwhich UM co created ; a UM win over Stanford 49-0. - Yost and Michigan pioneered playing outside their region, was the first team to play on a foreign nation's soil , and eventually the first university to fly to games . - He became the greatest most visionary Athletic Director in history. He invented the now ubiquitous (on every campus) multi sport "Field"houses that bear his name. Michigan has our nation's first Intramural building which,btw, still stands on it's beautiful campus. - Long before super highways and even huge metro and international airports. Fielding H.Yost built the iconic shrine that is " The House that Yost Built " ; University of Michigan stadium in 1927 . Not only is the Big House,the largest on campus stadium in America, but it was the first to seat 100,000 spectators. UM stadium is also the most unique stadium in history in that most of the stadium seating is below ground level. UM stadium is also the first football stadium ever to utilize electronic scoreboards.UM stadium has never allowdd any advertising inside their stadium which is also refreshing. He also started Michigan's hockey program; a program that is preeminent today with both the most National Championships and also the most Frozen Four appearances and most consecutive NCAA post season invitations at a mind boggling 22.The Yost Ice Arena is named after him. - It is believed that Yost was the first to coin the famous term " Michigan Man " of Character. UM is justly proud of being the only college in US history that can boast that it's football alumni include ALL of the following: " a US Supreme Court Justice, CEOs of billion dollar Fortune 500 Corporations, an astronaut, members of US Congress, Federal judges, members of USA Presidential Cabinets, and a President of the United States of America. " Impressive. The immortal Yost receives a lot of credit for that AND for UM to this day being 1 of just several colleges left whose football team has never received ANY major or even minor NCAA cheating violations involving: A. $$$$ Payola B .Other illegal material benefits , or C ) Academic Fraud. Thanks largely to Yost ( .883 winning percentage) and other UM legendary coaches like Kipke, Crisler, Oosterbann Schembechler, Carr, and now Harbaugh, who all followed him , academically elite ,world famous Michigan is also the by far Winningest team in college football history at all levels. Hope this all helps. Take care.
Thanks for putting this together. A lot of it I had heard before, I'm from Michigan (the state not the school). I had not heard about the Willis Ward story though. That's for bringing that to light. Gotta do some research on him. Thank you so much.
Jim Harbaugh is a Michigan legend and a great elite coach, but not sure you can say he's the greatest coach Michigan's had. Yost built and one something like 5 or 6 championships in the early 1900's. Saying that I'm glad Harbaugh is Michigan's coach and he's brought Michigan back to the top of college football.
No one should be saying that, even if we win the championship next week. Michigan has a long history of great coaches. Even after Yost, Bo Schembechler and Lloyd Carr are still regarded higher than Harbaugh.
Loved everything about this video. The black and white clips, editing, detailed examinations, real world experiences. Fantastic video! I went through your page looking for more and was shocked this is the only full length video for months. Could watch 20 more right now with this format and presentation.
I just discovered your channel it's great! Channel's like yours is why I enjoy uploading games. I'm no documentarian, but have been collecting game film for 25 years. I love it when I see clips from my game videos in documentaries.
Oh wow! Yes I just commented about how I need to do a better job of citing my sources. Thank you so much! Another page I used similar to yours was King Rose Archives youtube.com/@KingRoseArchives?si=Vx5M4BG1H7qDqqdi
Thanks for mentioning that you are looking at doing a video on Biggie Munn. His only shortcoming as a coach was that his career was too short!! In only seven seasons with the Spartans, he transformed Michigan State into the nation's preeminent football power. Taking a page from Fritz Crislers playbook, Munn devised what was known as the "Michigan State Multiple Offense." In essence, his teams were designed to run from every formation at the time. It was so phenomenally successful that their was a book written of it. Duffy Daugherty said, "Our single wing is not as formidable as Red Sanders. Our split T is not as deceptive as Wilkinsons. Nor is our T as slick as Red Blaiks. But we can hit em with anything." In one aspect, Munn may have been footballs greatest coach ever. NOBODY COULD FIND ASSISTANT COACHES LIKE HIM!! NO ONE. Every Spartan assistant that became a head coach reached star status at the next level. On Duffy Daughertys first Michigan State staff were Bill Yeoman, who developed the veer offense at Houston. Dan Devine, who excelled at Arizona State, Missouri and later at Notre Dame. Beyond question, the greatest of them all was Nebraska legend Bob Devaney. A lifelong friend of Daugherty's, Devaney transformed Nebraska into the nation's greatest football power under his leadership. I could coach a college team with that caliber of assistant coaches!! Devaney and his handpicked successor Tom Osborne won 356 games and five national national championships!! If you can, please do a bio on Munn, Devaney, and Osborne. By the way, your bio on Yost is very well done. I'm looking forward to future episodes.😊
I had a couple of High School Coaches that played under Biggie Munn, and another under Duffy Daugherty. Both made MSU into National powers during their tenure.
Cbrippee has an excellent comment on Daugherty and Munn. When I was home in Michigan I ran into former stars John "Big Thunder" Lewis and Don Coleman. Coleman was a a modest, charming man who deflected all praise of his career with the grace of a matador. This is telling because he was the second Soarran to have his number retired after John Pingel. Coleman may have been the best offensive lineman of all time. At least in relation to the era he played. "It was nothing unusual fit him to take out two or three men on a play" Duffy Daugherty said. Ex Spartan great Hank Bullough rated Coleman above the great George Webster as MSU's greatest ever player. " Whoever is second is way behind," Bullough said. Both Lewis and Coleman were black. Among a parade of stars recruited, regardless of color. That makes me proudest of all to be a Spartan fan.
@@donaldschmidt2990 My sister attended MSU from 1964 - 1968. She is 10 years older than me. When she came home for Chrismas of 1965 she brought me autographs of Bubba Smith and George Webster as they were in her dance class . My parents bought her a rail ticket to go to the 1966 Rose Bowl where they lost 14 - 12 to UCLA after beating them early in the season. But MSU won the Natty for 1965 which was voted on before bowl games at that time. They won in 66 also. She is still a Spartan booster.
@cbrippee In many ways, those were college footballs' greatest reams because they were so influential. Those were the first college teams to have a majority black starting lineup. Duffy Daugherty almost single handedly forced full-scale integration in college football. His underground railroad into the south produced a team that had eight All Americans in 1965!! A national record that will probably stand for all time is MSU having four players selected in the first eight picks of the 1967 NFL draft. Bubba Smith was the drafts first selection, followed by Clinton Jones, Gene Washington and the legendary George Webster. This record has yet to be broken and probably never will be. What a team of stars they were.
Isnt it so ironic how so much of what happened to Michigan from Yost to how the NCAA treated them is still si relevant today? So many commonalities in this video to our modern program.
@@GridironHistoryWithKyle 1901 for sure but not sure if more years. I am not sure when my grandfather played. He was a bit older than Neil. He graduated from UM 1899..But growing up I always saw a book about Yost on my grandpas shelf. Sadly both were dead by the time I came around. I do know they asked Neil to coach, but he went to work for the railroad. Thank you for this history lesson with such great videos and info.
1) Yost/Michigan's biggest issue with the 1906 BT rule changes was that they were retroactive, meaning that multiple Wolverines would be immediately ineligible. Secondly, these changes were cynically less about player safety, and more a politically motivated swipe, coming mainly from Yost/Michigan's rival: Amos A. Stagg at Chicago. Stagg loved to be portrayed as a proponent of "muscular Christianity" (Chicago was a Baptist school), but was often just as dirty as the rest. See John Kryk's "Stagg vs Yost" for more. 2) Yost's racism was "complicated", as he had no problem with black athletes (including Willis Ward) competing on Michigan's successful Track and Field squads during his tenure as AD. Track and Field (Athletics) was huge during this era, so it's strange that Yost would only have objections re Football.
@@GridironHistoryWithKyle Ok, 6th try at this. also read John Behee Hail to the Victors, Black Athletes at The University of Michigan. Just google to get the free online version.
I read a few books on him, watched lectures about him, and looked at old newspaper clippings. I need to do a better job at citing my sources for my next video though.
18:14 - Good video. Imagine if Jim Harbaugh left the head coaching position at Michigan next year, only to become Athletic Director. How much interference do you think the new H.C. would get? Especially if the Wolverines win the national championship against Washington next week?
My father graduated from Michigan in 1925. He attended the game in which Grange ran wild. Now, for the criticism. Michigan State didn't join the Big 10 until 1948. When my father was a student M State was MAC, Michigan Agricultural College. Michigan did play it in football, but, according to my father, only did so because the Michigan legislature made them.
In all respect, as a Michigan State fan, Fielding Yost coached in an era when football was in a neophyte stage. Primitive and unskilled, with almost no real competition. Even mild physical superiority almost always resulted in victory. It wasn't until an entire generation later that the Wolverines mastered that wonder of wonders. THE FORWARD PASS!! As to Michigan's reputation as the winningest program in college football history, they first played a game in 1879!! Or two years earlier than "The Gunfight at the OK Corral." Of course, you would have more wins when you played fifteen to 20 years earlier than other schools. Once Yost encountered stronger competition, his record faded. Actuality, the greatest Michigan coach ever was Herbert Orrin " Fritz" Crisler. Crisler's offensive imagination that prized deception over sheer power revolutionized Michigan football. He was also the first college coach to perfect two platoon football. Specialized athletes at each position. As for Yost benching the phenomenal Willis Ward to accommodate "White Supremacists" this is a huge "black eye" on his name. Pun intended. As a Spartan fan, I am most proud that Michigan State led the nation in equality amongst all races. The great Clarence "Biggie" Munn and his protégé Duffy Daugherty openly recruited black athletes by the score. And consequently, the scores of their teams outpaced those of their rivals. While it is fair to say that Michigan has a greater history over all than Michigan State, the 20 year period of the Munn/Daugherty collaboration outpaced any similar period in Michigan history. Unless you want to include Michigan's wins over Buffalo and the Saginaw YMCA!! Among other stalwarts of that era. The real "Little Brother" epoch happened between the end of the Daugherty era and the Renaissance under Mark Dantonio. That earlier period compares with the greatest in collegiate football history.
Michigan has played for longer than most other schools, but it also has the second highest winning percentage in the FBS, so you can't say it's only because of that
I know ppl are split about "our" Wolverines, but the history and tradition of The University of Michigan; both academically and athletically; are second to none #3 Public University in America Top 10-15 in the World Go Blue! National Championship only 3hrs away!
Didn't watch it so it might be mentioned, but isn't he primarily responsible for Notre Dame NOT being in the Big Ten? There was actually a time when they sought out admission. He wouldn't have it.
EdNorton47 has a very apt comment. Biggie Munn did learn everything he knew from Crisler as his line coach. He clearly also absorbed Crisler's great knowledge of offensive style and strategy. This manifested itself in Munn being named Spartan head coach in 1947. His first game at Michigan State was against Crislers' greatest Michigan team, led by their famous "Mad Magician" backfield. Crisler ran up the score to the tune of 55-0 in that game!! A GIANT MISTAKE. During the game State's locker room was buried in sewage at half time. In the book Spartans by Fred Stabley, he told of how Biggie always maintained that Crisler did it on purpose. "Biggie was so mad the tears streaked down out of his eyes as he raged against Kris Kringle (Fritz Crisler), unleashing the sewage into our locker room at halftime," player Howard Adam's recalled. Munn went on to go 54-9-2 in his seven years as Spartan coach. In my opinion, his career superseded that of his mentor. Fueled by that loss, Munn won his last four games against Michigan in dominating fashion. During his reign as Athletic Director, protoge Duffy Daugherty once went eight straight seasons without losing to Michigan or Notre Dame!! Munn's career compares to any before or since. Even beating Notre Dame legend Frank Leahy three straight times. Finishing with a 3-2 lifetime edge against the man nicknamed "The Master." Leahy's record is second only to Knute Rockne in collegiate football history. What does that say of Munn and his teams? I would love to see a documentary on Biggie Munn. A true legend if ever one existed.
Fun Fact: Check Michigan Box Scores from Yost era: 63-3, 70-14, Running up the score IS TRADITION. People keep whining about it in the NFL of all places where there's common draft, salary cap, no excuse. PLAY 4 QUARTERS. If its 70-3 so be it.
Knowledge IS power. Everyone SHOULD watch the Doc to realize m's CFB "dominance" was really PRE 1950(10 out of 11 NCs). They MIGHT win Monday night, but remember 10 out of their 12 "potential" NC's, were won 70++ years ago..
Eventhough I absolutely HATE Michigan, since I'm a passionate Ohio State football fan admittedly Yost was a great coach for TTUN especially with the national titles from 1901-1904.
John Doe Jr. has a good comment. The Wolverines do have a strong winning percentage. Particularly lately!! The key to that success is a great coaching staff. Their player development over the past two to three seasons has been exceptional. This is no knock on Michigan and other regional powers. The fact remains that Alabama, Georgia and other SEC schools can recruit with ridiculous ease compared to the Wolverines. Other schools can only win a title every ten to 12 seasons. When the stars align. The southeastern region of the country has the best talent. Michigan had a tremendous season. Maintaining that with Harbaughs probable departure and the SEC regional advantage will be daunting. Still, I might hate the Wolverines. Yet, I must tip my hat to them on a great campaign.
I agree. I know Saban is leaving but Kirby Smart could easily take his spot as the top dog that everyone hates. If he doesn't go to the NFL, they could be the new Bama, making it hard for non SEC teams to win it all.
22:05 “their hockey rink” oh wow u of M’s hockey rink? The Yost field house? Yost helped build their hockey rink? Their hockey rink which is his field house that they’ve repurposed into a hockey rink? He helped build it? And you didn’t mention that the field house and the hockey rink are the same building?
Yeah I used an updated picture of their hockey rink which is Yost field house today. He did help build their hockey rink before it was moved to the field house though so I don't understand what point you are trying to make.
@CAMAROZSS Much as I dislike what I know about JH's politics, I think he's more lied about than lying. At base, I see he's built a team, an organization, that love one another, exceed recruiting expectations, and love the game. That's the anti Trump. Unlike DJT, JH has earned his way, worked hard, and like Yost, been irascible when getting his way. Trump is a narcissist not wit, a bully, a slob, a fraud, a loser, and a rapist. Not really an apt comparison.
Why’s it so difficult dump Shit Ward on his his head however he lands out into the Dumpster sign Jim’s contract and boom finished done zero more issues
Michigan won almost all of there national championships in the old area of football which IMO doesn’t count. It’s like Yale and Princeton. Very few modern area wins. Michigan sucks for this very reason living off of the past. 1 win in the modern area that took forever…
Dude I’m so sick of people judging people of the past with a modern mindset,,, I mean you’re talking about a son of a confederate soldier born 6 years after the Civil War… He died in 1946,, it would be another 18 years before Civil Rights…So let’s not act like his views on race are unique.. He’s a product of his time… and all Young people in college try and speak out against the Establishment we have college kids today supporting a terror group in Hamas we had college kids in the 60s waiving North Vietnam flags.., and spitting on American Soldiers…
I will say most of the comments I see about this are from Michigan St and Notre Dame fans. I'm probably always going to run into this situation for every team I post about. Their rival fans will find any reason why a guy sucks for them.
Fun Fact: he’s also the reason why Notre Dame isn’t in a conference. ND wanted to join the Big Ten, but the anti-catholic, anti-immigrant racist bigot boycotted ND. Then, ND went to their “Plan B”, which was to see if that independent thing can work for them. It did, and now everyone has a problem with it. Another fun fact, now that we have 12 team playoff, we’ll never have to join a conference. On another note, great season and good look in the Natty.
@@nateg4582 I do foresee the other sports joining the BigTen, and us replacing those 5 mandatory ACC games with 5 BT games. With ACC disbanding most likely, that makes the most sense.
Who's watching this after the Rose Bowl victory against Bama?
Michigan is the OG Rose Bowl Champion from 1901
It just popped up in my feed...so me. GO BLUE!
Michigan football is my passion. So when this came up in my feed, I saved it and then I watched it.
Excellent video. Very thorough. I had no idea that Yost had coached at so many places. Seems success on the field followed him wherever he went....
GO BLUE!
F yeah baby! We did it! #1moretogo
We taught them the meaning of the word RESPECT!
I’m watching it because I have been saying for years that Fielding Yost and Michigan taught the country how to [play football. They went for a decade not only unbeaten but scoring at least a point a minute during that decade.
It's crazy how Michigan had a huge stadium almost a 100 years ago --- most colleges played their football in a dirt lot somewhere LOL
I'm a huge college football fan and this video on this subject reminds me of how immense Michigan Wolverines football history is.
More wins then any other program. I only recall them since the Bo S days. I did not like Woody H
❤️ michigan 🏈 history
We need too bring that "To hell with the conference" sign back to popularity given current circumstances XD
Eccentric coach, conference ganging up on Michigan, fluke bad year during a pandemic. The more things change...
@@jonnydent825how bout that huh 😂
It’s great
To be
A Michigan Wolverine!
Most underrated coach ever 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Oh yes very a lot of people don't know much about him
Red Grange in 2008 was voted best football player all time. @@ralphmelvin1046
Surprised this doesn’t have thousands of views. Hidden gem of a yt channel
Thanks! I kind of just started back up so I think it'll grow with some time. I appreciate the support!
Not that it changes the story much, but the picture you posted about the Michigan Hockey rink was of the current one that is Yost Ice Area, which was Yost Field House you mentioned up until 1973. Fielding Yost was the AD when the Coliseum was built in 1920 and had artificial ice installed in 1925- this was the home for the hockey team 1920-1973. (as a side note, Yost Ice Arena is the 2nd oldest building used for college hockey- which is Northeastern's Matthews Arena, which has hosted college hockey since 1910) Great video.
Try Yost FIELD House. When I was a student at Michigan a wind shear ripped the roof off the building.
@@johnandmarylouwilde7882 Sorry- had to be autocorrect on my phone. edit- no- I think that was the algorithm- since "Fielding" is listed later in the post. AI isn't that intelligent, apparently.
Great research and storytelling, but more impressive is the pacing. Made it more enjoyable to watch. You packed a whole lot into the production and had a lot of images and of film. Kudos to the writers and editors.
For as much love as Bo gets, I'm shocked he never brought home a championship. Harbaugh and carr will hopefully be remembered with such reverence someday
This isn’t a bad thing but bo cared too much for beating osu where they didn’t give a crap what happened after that game
Where harbaugh this past season knew they were better than osu so they just needed to get through and it they wanted to win it all
Bo the rape enabler lmao
What a fantastic video, I grew up a massive Michigan fan so I’ve done some research myself on Yost and his accomplishments but you’ve given me stories I’d never heard before, always fun to hear about the beginnings of your favorite program and how they got to where they are now. Yost will forever be in Michigan football history books as will his teams.
Thanks! The biography I referenced at the end of the video about him as a lot of great information in it. You can find it online but I also have a link for it.
Fielding yost 6 national tiles and michigan the only team to ever win 4 straight national titles
And even though a lot of teams claimed titles back then, the way they beat teams those four years proved in my opinion that they deserved those titles.
The greatest and most complete coach ever ; offense,defense and special teams.
If I'm not mistaken one of his teams kept teams SCORELESS All season! That obviously will never happen again 😆
@@deezybalboa6625 yes! It was his first year at Michigan. He almost did it again a few years later and on the last game of the season Chicago scored 2 points on them...
Fielding H.Yost:
- Most shutouts in a career.
- tied with Saban with most National Championships at 1 school :6
- 10 Big Ten championships ( Saban in 5 years in Big 10 had zero .Saban also had a losing record vs. legendary Michigan coach Lloyd Carr while Saban was at Michigan State U during his Big 10 years)
- Yost had a whopping 56 consecutive game unbeaten streak, the longest vs.competition that did not include any high school competition. ( 2nd longest to the 57 streak by Washington that did include high schools) .
- Yost's prolific' Point a Minute' Offensive Jaugernauts led to UM having the highest " Delta" ; the gap between points scored vs points given up.
- Even his Special Teams were excellent; so much so that he wrote a book on it and was the 1st coach to comprehend and implement punting as an actual offensive strategy to gain ultimate superior field position.
- He invented the position of middle LB , the current 1 man in motion before the center hike, the no huddle offense , and was a pioneer in the forward pass.
- Yost was a wealthy lawyer business person , and author. He was also a devout Christian. He did not smoke or take drugs . He was NOT a bigot. In fact, he was ahead of the rest of America on the race issue in many ways - contrary to the (Un) " woke" lies of jealous and unscholarly critics. Proof: One time ,in a NORTHERN hotel where Michigan players were staying overnight ,the hotel manager and the owner refused to let a black player- common in those pre Jackie Robinson/ Branch Rickey days- stay in the hotel! When Yost found out about his distraught minority player being refused , the immortal coach went ballistic. He threatened to not only pull his entire team from that racist hotel but vowed to both never give that establishment future business and UM patronage ever again, AND he threatened to go public against the hotel's segragationist policy! The hotel suddenly relented! The black player stayed!
Yost also publicly denied the evil ,jealous slander and libel that Notre Dame charged when they alleged he was an " anti Catholic " ( Yost had a winning record vs Notre Dame and led the way to repeatedly reject ND 's applications to join the Big 10 because ND A ) lacked the high academic standards of Big 10 universities and B) " Tarnished " ND then as now, had a history of cheating scandals.
There is ZERO proof he was ever anti Catholic, and not only wrote on paper it was a lie, but also sent each Big 10 university a letter outing ND for its libel and slander! Indeed, in his Michigan career,Michigan's Yost had a whopping 10 ( ten!) team captains who were ....Roman Catholic. It's also no accident that at a time when the ivy and other elite Eastern schools were rabidly Anti-Semetic in their Admissions policies,Michigan and Fielding H.Yost welcomed Jews with open arms. Some of the greatest Jewish sports stars in US history, played for him, including the great UM All American QB and future NFL Hall of Fame passer Benny Friedman.
-Fielding Yost was instrumental in saving college football. There were injuries maiming and killing players back in the old days as this video presentation points out . Yost was the coach who testified before Congress and declared the now accepted phrase that:
" Football builds Character".
- Yost won the very first college post regular season game in any sport,the 1902 Rose Bowlwhich UM co created ; a UM win over Stanford 49-0.
- Yost and Michigan pioneered playing outside their region, was the first team to play on a foreign nation's soil , and eventually the first university to fly to games .
- He became the greatest most visionary Athletic Director in history. He invented the now ubiquitous (on every campus) multi sport "Field"houses that bear his name. Michigan has our nation's first Intramural building which,btw, still stands on it's beautiful campus.
- Long before super highways and even huge metro and international airports. Fielding H.Yost built the iconic shrine that is " The House that Yost Built " ; University of Michigan stadium in 1927 . Not only is the Big House,the largest on campus stadium in America, but it was the first to seat 100,000 spectators. UM stadium is also the most unique stadium in history in that most of the stadium seating is below ground level. UM stadium is also the first football stadium ever to utilize electronic scoreboards.UM stadium has never allowdd any advertising inside their stadium which is also refreshing.
He also started Michigan's hockey program; a program that is preeminent today with both the most National Championships and also the most Frozen Four appearances and most consecutive NCAA post season invitations at a mind boggling 22.The Yost Ice Arena is named after him.
- It is believed that Yost was the first to coin the famous term " Michigan Man " of Character. UM is justly proud of being the only college in US history that can boast that it's football alumni include ALL of the following:
" a US Supreme Court Justice, CEOs of billion dollar Fortune 500 Corporations, an astronaut, members of US Congress, Federal judges, members of USA Presidential Cabinets, and a President of the United States of America. " Impressive.
The immortal Yost receives a lot of credit for that AND for UM to this day being 1 of just several colleges left whose football team has never received ANY major or even minor NCAA cheating violations involving: A. $$$$ Payola B .Other illegal material benefits , or C ) Academic Fraud.
Thanks largely to Yost ( .883 winning percentage) and other UM legendary coaches like Kipke, Crisler, Oosterbann Schembechler, Carr, and now Harbaugh, who all followed him , academically elite ,world famous Michigan is also the by far Winningest team in college football history at all levels.
Hope this all helps. Take care.
Wow! You did a great job on this!!! Thank you!! Go Blue!!!
Thanks for putting this together. A lot of it I had heard before, I'm from Michigan (the state not the school). I had not heard about the Willis Ward story though. That's for bringing that to light. Gotta do some research on him. Thank you so much.
Thanks for watching! If you email me, I can send you the biography I read for it and the book he wrote
FANTASTIC video! I know it's been done, but the next one - Bob Ufer?
Haha I'll look into it and try to add it to my list
@@GridironHistoryWithKylebob was the absolute best announcer of all time
Yost would be proud of our most recent Rose Bowl Game
Fab video
Appreciate it!
Jim Harbaugh is a Michigan legend and a great elite coach, but not sure you can say he's the greatest coach Michigan's had. Yost built and one something like 5 or 6 championships in the early 1900's. Saying that I'm glad Harbaugh is Michigan's coach and he's brought Michigan back to the top of college football.
No one should be saying that, even if we win the championship next week. Michigan has a long history of great coaches. Even after Yost, Bo Schembechler and Lloyd Carr are still regarded higher than Harbaugh.
Dude!!🎉🎉 iI will share this with every michigan fan I know. Please continue your joirney👍👍
Haha thanks! Good luck Monday!
Crazy they invented the linebacker position 😊
It was a player, Germany Schultz, who convinced Yost to use it.
Loved everything about this video. The black and white clips, editing, detailed examinations, real world experiences. Fantastic video! I went through your page looking for more and was shocked this is the only full length video for months. Could watch 20 more right now with this format and presentation.
I took some time off but plan on continuously making more at least through this year. Right now I at least want to make one a month.
this is a wonderful video. great for all levels of ball knowledge
Thank you!
Excellent, thanks for making this.
Hail to the Victors!
Amazing research and use of both primary and secondary sources. Keep up the good work and go blue!
Who’s watching this after the National Championship victory?
I just discovered your channel it's great! Channel's like yours is why I enjoy uploading games. I'm no documentarian, but have been collecting game film for 25 years. I love it when I see clips from my game videos in documentaries.
Oh wow! Yes I just commented about how I need to do a better job of citing my sources. Thank you so much! Another page I used similar to yours was King Rose Archives youtube.com/@KingRoseArchives?si=Vx5M4BG1H7qDqqdi
yes King Rose has some nice early 20s newreel stuff.
Thanks for mentioning that you are looking at doing a video on Biggie Munn. His only shortcoming as a coach was that his career was too short!! In only seven seasons with the Spartans, he transformed Michigan State into the nation's preeminent football power. Taking a page from Fritz Crislers playbook, Munn devised what was known as the "Michigan State Multiple Offense." In essence, his teams were designed to run from every formation at the time. It was so phenomenally successful that their was a book written of it. Duffy Daugherty said, "Our single wing is not as formidable as Red Sanders. Our split T is not as deceptive as Wilkinsons. Nor is our T as slick as Red Blaiks. But we can hit em with anything." In one aspect, Munn may have been footballs greatest coach ever. NOBODY COULD FIND ASSISTANT COACHES LIKE HIM!! NO ONE. Every Spartan assistant that became a head coach reached star status at the next level. On Duffy Daughertys first Michigan State staff were Bill Yeoman, who developed the veer offense at Houston. Dan Devine, who excelled at Arizona State, Missouri and later at Notre Dame. Beyond question, the greatest of them all was Nebraska legend Bob Devaney. A lifelong friend of Daugherty's, Devaney transformed Nebraska into the nation's greatest football power under his leadership. I could coach a college team with that caliber of assistant coaches!! Devaney and his handpicked successor Tom Osborne won 356 games and five national national championships!! If you can, please do a bio on Munn, Devaney, and Osborne. By the way, your bio on Yost is very well done. I'm looking forward to future episodes.😊
I had a couple of High School Coaches that played under Biggie Munn, and another under Duffy Daugherty. Both made MSU into National powers during their tenure.
Cbrippee has an excellent comment on Daugherty and Munn. When I was home in Michigan I ran into former stars John "Big Thunder" Lewis and Don Coleman. Coleman was a a modest, charming
man who deflected all praise of his career with the grace of a matador. This is telling because he was the second Soarran to have his number retired after John Pingel. Coleman may have been the best offensive lineman of all time. At least in relation to the era he played. "It was nothing unusual fit him to take out two or three men on a play" Duffy Daugherty said. Ex Spartan great Hank Bullough rated Coleman above the great George Webster as MSU's greatest ever player. " Whoever is second is way behind," Bullough said. Both Lewis and Coleman were black. Among a parade of stars recruited, regardless of color. That makes me proudest of all to be a Spartan fan.
@@donaldschmidt2990 My sister attended MSU from 1964 - 1968. She is 10 years older than me. When she came home for Chrismas of 1965 she brought me autographs of Bubba Smith and George Webster as they were in her dance class . My parents bought her a rail ticket to go to the 1966 Rose Bowl where they lost 14 - 12 to UCLA after beating them early in the season. But MSU won the Natty for 1965 which was voted on before bowl games at that time. They won in 66 also. She is still a Spartan booster.
@cbrippee In many ways, those were college footballs' greatest reams because they were so influential. Those were the first college teams to have a majority black starting lineup. Duffy Daugherty almost single handedly forced full-scale integration in college football. His underground railroad into the south produced a team that had eight All Americans in 1965!! A national record that will probably stand for all time is MSU having four players selected in the first eight picks of the 1967 NFL draft. Bubba Smith was the drafts first selection, followed by Clinton Jones, Gene Washington and the legendary George Webster. This record has yet to be broken and probably never will be. What a team of stars they were.
Well done!
Isnt it so ironic how so much of what happened to Michigan from Yost to how the NCAA treated them is still si relevant today? So many commonalities in this video to our modern program.
We are winning next Monday, we won’t be denied.
Doubt it.
@@nateg4582〽️ National Champs 🏆
This was great
Interesting fact for you all. Yost and Nick Saban both grew up in Marion County, WV
Fantastic content man! I'm shocked you dont have 10k subs at least. Glad I can help with that +1
Thanks! I just started making videos again a couple of months
My grandfather and great uncle played for Yost at UM. Neil and Muir Snow
No way! What year? I'll look it up in their yearbooks for pictures
@@GridironHistoryWithKyle 1901 for sure but not sure if more years. I am not sure when my grandfather played. He was a bit older than Neil. He graduated from UM 1899..But growing up I always saw a book about Yost on my grandpas shelf. Sadly both were dead by the time I came around. I do know they asked Neil to coach, but he went to work for the railroad.
Thank you for this history lesson with such great videos and info.
Who’s here after michigan won the 2024 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP🏆
Congrats on the win!
GO BLUE!!
TEAM 144.....NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
Congrats!
@@GridironHistoryWithKyle thank you.
We started this shit! And we right back where we belong baby go Blue 🔵
For a time the Ivey league had the best teams, how times have changed
1) Yost/Michigan's biggest issue with the 1906 BT rule changes was that they were retroactive, meaning that multiple Wolverines would be immediately ineligible. Secondly, these changes were cynically less about player safety, and more a politically motivated swipe, coming mainly from Yost/Michigan's rival: Amos A. Stagg at Chicago. Stagg loved to be portrayed as a proponent of "muscular Christianity" (Chicago was a Baptist school), but was often just as dirty as the rest. See John Kryk's "Stagg vs Yost" for more. 2) Yost's racism was "complicated", as he had no problem with black athletes (including Willis Ward) competing on Michigan's successful Track and Field squads during his tenure as AD. Track and Field (Athletics) was huge during this era, so it's strange that Yost would only have objections re Football.
I was going to read this book as well to be more detailed but this would've probably made it a muli-part video. I'm thinking I should read it now.
@@GridironHistoryWithKyle Ok, 6th try at this. also read John Behee Hail to the Victors, Black Athletes at The
University of Michigan. Just google to get the free online version.
If U of Chicago was still around in D1 football- they would be a massive rival of Michigan.
What is the song that plays at the end of the video?
IDK how accurate this is but seems informative.
I read a few books on him, watched lectures about him, and looked at old newspaper clippings. I need to do a better job at citing my sources for my next video though.
18:14 - Good video. Imagine if Jim Harbaugh left the head coaching position at Michigan next year, only to become Athletic Director. How much interference do you think the new H.C. would get? Especially if the Wolverines win the national championship against Washington next week?
Washington had a coach that went 61 games without losing and had a 40 game win streak.
Wow, how times haven't changed. NCAA, going after Harbaugh, similar to Yost.
Both had terrible virus seasons.
Go Blue. What a year we just had . Keep Harbaugh
My father graduated from Michigan in 1925. He attended the game in which Grange ran wild. Now, for the criticism. Michigan State didn't join the Big 10 until 1948. When my father was a student M State was MAC, Michigan Agricultural College. Michigan did play it in football, but, according to my father, only did so because the Michigan legislature made them.
Did he say anything about the Grange game?!
In all respect, as a Michigan State fan, Fielding Yost coached in an era when football was in a neophyte stage. Primitive and unskilled, with almost no real competition. Even mild physical superiority almost always resulted in victory. It wasn't until an entire generation later that the Wolverines mastered that wonder of wonders. THE FORWARD PASS!! As to Michigan's reputation as the winningest program in college football history, they first played a game in 1879!! Or two years earlier than "The Gunfight at the OK Corral." Of course, you would have more wins when you played fifteen to 20 years earlier than other schools. Once Yost encountered stronger competition, his record faded. Actuality, the greatest Michigan coach ever was Herbert Orrin " Fritz" Crisler. Crisler's offensive imagination that prized deception over sheer power revolutionized Michigan football. He was also the first college coach to perfect two platoon football. Specialized athletes at each position. As for Yost benching the phenomenal Willis Ward to accommodate "White Supremacists" this is a huge "black eye" on his name. Pun intended. As a Spartan fan, I am most proud that Michigan State led the nation in equality amongst all races. The great Clarence "Biggie" Munn and his protégé Duffy Daugherty openly recruited black athletes by the score. And consequently, the scores of their teams outpaced those of their rivals. While it is fair to say that Michigan has a greater history over all than Michigan State, the 20 year period of the Munn/Daugherty collaboration outpaced any similar period in Michigan history. Unless you want to include Michigan's wins over Buffalo and the Saginaw YMCA!! Among other stalwarts of that era. The real "Little Brother" epoch happened between the end of the Daugherty era and the Renaissance under Mark Dantonio. That earlier period compares with the greatest in collegiate football history.
Biggie Munn learned everything he knew from Fritz Crisler at Minnesota.
Michigan has played for longer than most other schools, but it also has the second highest winning percentage in the FBS, so you can't say it's only because of that
550-0. Equally amazing is what he accomplished after coaching.
"GO BLUE"
Michigan and So Cal have the most recognized fight songs.
I know ppl are split about "our" Wolverines, but the history and tradition of The University of Michigan; both academically and athletically; are second to none
#3 Public University in America
Top 10-15 in the World
Go Blue!
National Championship only 3hrs away!
Good luck tonight!
So what was the biggest reason for him not being as dominant after the rule changes in 1906?
A + ‘ greatest fight song ‘ Hail
To Victors Valiant !
Didn't watch it so it might be mentioned, but isn't he primarily responsible for Notre Dame NOT being in the Big Ten? There was actually a time when they sought out admission. He wouldn't have it.
Money. Bowl teams had to split their share with their conference. ND did not want to share.
Great video! What is that song at the end?
Not sure of the name but I got it from the end of this video ruclips.net/video/mIPfsPzxEGA/видео.htmlsi=0Z6NA2ziIbumi4do
@@GridironHistoryWithKyle I love stuff like this. Thanks a lot!
EdNorton47 has a very apt comment. Biggie Munn did learn everything he knew from Crisler as his line coach. He clearly also absorbed Crisler's great knowledge of offensive style and strategy. This manifested itself in Munn being named Spartan head coach in 1947. His first game at Michigan State was against Crislers' greatest Michigan team, led by their famous "Mad Magician" backfield. Crisler ran up the score to the tune of 55-0 in that game!! A GIANT MISTAKE. During the game State's locker room was buried in sewage at half time. In the book Spartans by Fred Stabley, he told of how Biggie always maintained that Crisler did it on purpose. "Biggie was so mad the tears streaked down out of his eyes as he raged against Kris Kringle (Fritz Crisler), unleashing the sewage into our locker room at halftime," player Howard Adam's recalled. Munn went on to go 54-9-2 in his seven years as Spartan coach. In my opinion, his career superseded that of his mentor. Fueled by that loss, Munn won his last four games against Michigan in dominating fashion. During his reign as Athletic Director, protoge Duffy Daugherty once went eight straight seasons without losing to Michigan or Notre Dame!! Munn's career compares to any before or since. Even beating Notre Dame legend Frank Leahy three straight times. Finishing with a 3-2 lifetime edge against the man nicknamed "The Master." Leahy's record is second only to Knute Rockne in collegiate football history. What does that say of Munn and his teams? I would love to see a documentary on Biggie Munn. A true legend if ever one existed.
I will definitely look into Biggie Munn for future episodes
New Big 10 preview for the national championship
Fun Fact: Check Michigan Box Scores from Yost era: 63-3, 70-14, Running up the score IS TRADITION. People keep whining about it in the NFL of all places where there's common draft, salary cap, no excuse. PLAY 4 QUARTERS. If its 70-3 so be it.
Players played both sides of the ball in those days
Oh now y’all wanna watch the Michigan documentary
Knowledge IS power. Everyone SHOULD watch the Doc to realize m's CFB "dominance" was really PRE 1950(10 out of 11 NCs). They MIGHT win Monday night, but remember 10 out of their 12 "potential" NC's, were won 70++ years ago..
Bro predicted nick saben retiring
Eventhough I absolutely HATE Michigan, since I'm a passionate Ohio State football fan admittedly Yost was a great coach for TTUN especially with the national titles from 1901-1904.
The current builder is Stallions
So, did Willis Ward play in the game?
No which is why a lot of people obviously don't like yost
John Doe Jr. has a good comment. The Wolverines do have a strong winning percentage. Particularly lately!! The key to that success is a great coaching staff. Their player development over the past two to three seasons has been exceptional. This is no knock on Michigan and other regional powers. The fact remains that Alabama, Georgia and other SEC schools can recruit with ridiculous ease compared to the Wolverines. Other schools can only win a title every ten to 12 seasons. When the stars align. The southeastern region of the country has the best talent. Michigan had a tremendous season. Maintaining that with Harbaughs probable departure and the SEC regional advantage will be daunting. Still, I might hate the Wolverines. Yet, I must tip my hat to them on a great campaign.
I agree. I know Saban is leaving but Kirby Smart could easily take his spot as the top dog that everyone hates. If he doesn't go to the NFL, they could be the new Bama, making it hard for non SEC teams to win it all.
President Gerald Ford once asked, “whatchu talking about Willis” ?
MGoBlue for life
It's ironic that you mentioned Saban retiring 10 days before it happened.
22:05 “their hockey rink” oh wow u of M’s hockey rink? The Yost field house? Yost helped build their hockey rink? Their hockey rink which is his field house that they’ve repurposed into a hockey rink? He helped build it? And you didn’t mention that the field house and the hockey rink are the same building?
Yeah I used an updated picture of their hockey rink which is Yost field house today. He did help build their hockey rink before it was moved to the field house though so I don't understand what point you are trying to make.
Retroactive National Titles awarded 70 years later is a bit shaky.
Woah this dude predicted nick Satan's retirement 😂
Get ready to learn Hail to the Victors bud! Yost showed sometimes being cocky is good. He got the biggest stadium planned out for us.
I didn't know that Mich invented the LB position.
A student did. Adolph "Germany" Schultz convinced a skeptical Yost to use it.
They played Albion?? Kalamazoo??
One of the best teams in the country at the time was Chicago and they are like D3 now
Ferris State University too.
You saying that the coach at the end would be proud of Michigan football, show him from about 2008-2020 he may not be to pleased lol
Or that from 2000-2020 went 3-17 against their biggest rival.
Insane that Michigan's last national title was in 1997 and you'd have to go back to 1948 for their next most recent one. Fraud alert
It could be worse. When was the last time Notre Dame won it all?
Back when college kids looked like middle aged men lol
Yost was Harbaugh before Harbaugh. 😮
@CAMAROZSS Much as I dislike what I know about JH's politics, I think he's more lied about than lying. At base, I see he's built a team, an organization, that love one another, exceed recruiting expectations, and love the game. That's the anti Trump. Unlike DJT, JH has earned his way, worked hard, and like Yost, been irascible when getting his way. Trump is a narcissist not wit, a bully, a slob, a fraud, a loser, and a rapist. Not really an apt comparison.
His father was a Confederate Cavalry Officer i the Civil War
Why’s it so difficult dump Shit Ward on his his head however he lands out into the Dumpster sign Jim’s contract and boom finished done zero more issues
Man who made Michigan Football
Connor Stalions 😂
Nah just kidding! GO BLUE! 〽🏆
(im a michigan fan btw)
All Your Signs Are Belong To Us 😅 GO BLUE
@@patrickcannady2066 What shift did you get? I got the Iron Bowl
So the NCAA has always had it out for Michigan
Everybody boo this man
Go Blue! BOSA! Natty!
"Imagine in Nick Saban retired after this season"....
Guess I need to start working on my nick Saban video
It's crazy that you can go to championships and not get paid. Pay the man 😂.
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Nah my opinion, the GREATEST college football coach of all time has to be either Knute Rockne (Notre Dame) or Nick Saban (Alabama)
For me BO Yost Carr Harbaugh but Harbaugh will be number one if he stays
Go blue
Michigan won almost all of there national championships in the old area of football which IMO doesn’t count. It’s like Yale and Princeton. Very few modern area wins. Michigan sucks for this very reason living off of the past. 1 win in the modern area that took forever…
Congrats wolverines but go Huskies
GOOD NEWS! I have not heard a single rumor that Yost was a cheater. Whew! That's a load off my mind.
That's just because not enough Notre Dame fans have watched the video yet
@@GridironHistoryWithKyle Good one. That's pretty funny.
Dude I’m so sick of people judging people of the past with a modern mindset,,, I mean you’re talking about a son of a confederate soldier born 6 years after the Civil War… He died in 1946,, it would be another 18 years before Civil Rights…So let’s not act like his views on race are unique.. He’s a product of his time… and all Young people in college try and speak out against the Establishment we have college kids today supporting a terror group in Hamas we had college kids in the 60s waiving North Vietnam flags.., and spitting on American Soldiers…
I will say most of the comments I see about this are from Michigan St and Notre Dame fans. I'm probably always going to run into this situation for every team I post about. Their rival fans will find any reason why a guy sucks for them.
Left the skeleton in the closet huh?
???
"...the most winningest..."? How's the English department? Lol
I think you mean Grammer. I'm pretty sure every word in this video is in English.
@cfbhistorychannel U of M has a Grammar department?
Don't forget he was a bigot.....he is where ND and Michigan hate started
Pretty sure most people before 1950 were bigots
You can't have any respect for cheaters.
Missouri 14/ Ohio state 🏈 3, 2023
Fun Fact: he’s also the reason why Notre Dame isn’t in a conference.
ND wanted to join the Big Ten, but the anti-catholic, anti-immigrant racist bigot boycotted ND.
Then, ND went to their “Plan B”, which was to see if that independent thing can work for them.
It did, and now everyone has a problem with it.
Another fun fact, now that we have 12 team playoff, we’ll never have to join a conference.
On another note, great season and good look in the Natty.
That would be pretty funny if the big ten kicks TTUN out for sign stealing and replaces them with Notre Dame.
Amen, Go Irish
@@nateg4582 I do foresee the other sports joining the BigTen, and us replacing those 5 mandatory ACC games with 5 BT games. With ACC disbanding most likely, that makes the most sense.
Hail to the Victors!
What's the song at the end that is being sung?
I got it from the end of the following radio announcement from when Yost retired ruclips.net/video/mIPfsPzxEGA/видео.htmlsi=owPtPYiN9-qUhClE